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  via Liberty   “The border controls dividing our communities – and how we can bring them down”   This guide is aimed at civil society organisations, their supporters and the wider public interested in challenging the hostile environment – a set of immigration enforcement policies that has turned several ordinary institutions into border guards. […]

Do you work with migrants who have moved to Leeds, and would like to play an active part in their community, gain confidence and experience and meet new people? Places are available on the next free training course for migrants run by the Migrant Access Project Plus, which starts on Thursday 26 April. The training […]

Almost a month after this was posted by Richard Jackson at VAL, we present… https://impactsupport.org/ a tool for managing and measuring your impact What is impact management? Impact management is about using the information and data that we collect to improve our programmes and services. It helps us to know what is or isn’t working and […]

A scholarship is available for an asylum seeker to study at York St John University. The scholarship comprises of full tuition fees plus £1000 per year towards the cost of studying with us (eg travel, books, field trips etc). You can find all the information here: https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/student-services/success-programmes/sanctuary-scholarship/

The University of Leeds is delighted to announce the launch of our new Sanctuary Scholarship to enable forced migrants to the UK embark on a Higher Education qualification. This year, there are three scholarships to award, each worth the full cost of tuition in addition to £10,000 in living costs for each year of the […]

The Leeds Migration Partnership Strategy group met on Wednesday 14th March 2018 – brief notes of the meeting are available below

Believe it or not, there was a time when very few people knew about or read this blog.  Here’s a resource from way back when: a web tool from the NRPF Network that will help you to help you to work out what kind of assistance someone should be entitled to.   http://migrantfamilies.nrpfnetwork.org.uk/ (This resource first […]

Every year Leeds Refugee Week organises a football tournament. It can’t happen without the help of dedicated volunteers. There is an organising meeting to be held on Tuesday 10th April at 2pm. Venue: Refugee Council, 4th Floor, Oak House, 94 Park Lane, Leeds, LS3 1EL For further information contact [email protected] & [email protected]

Migration Yorkshire are providing a free ‘Introduction to Migration’ session this year to Leeds Voluntary Sector, thanks to Leeds City Council offering one of their sessions to the voluntary sector.   Please see the flyer below for details of the session, to be held on Wednesday 18th April, 9.30am-1pm at the Civic Hall   Places […]

Starting Wednesday 18th April 2018 at St Cyprians Church, Coldcotes Avenue, Harehills, LS9 7UQ. 9:15am to 11:30am for 6 weeks. Please circulate to your contacts about the incoming training for asylum seekers and refugees as well as those who are carers for 0-2 year old children. Free Crèche Information Leaflet Best-Start-Referral-Form-2018

A great website from Sheffugees designed to help all migrants to understand their rights and entitlements on a number of different issues. https://asylumjourney.org.uk/

Just  quick message to say that the folks who keep LMP Blog going (Richard and Jon) are on holiday for a couple of weeks, so things might be a bit quiet. There are a few posts scheduled in our absence, but you may see slightly fewer posts than usual. Normal service will be resumed on […]